Originally Posted by
GeorgeBMac
I think part of the problem with the GMO's is that nobody outside of Monsanto really understands what kind of modifications they are making -- so it is the unkown. I.e., is that tomato really a tomato?
Actually native Americans spend thousands of years screwing with their genetic make-up before Monsanto.
And so has every other culture in the world. I guess if you remove yourself far enough from the food supply... it can seem like a mystery... but it isn't.
Originally Posted by
GeorgeBMac
But also, most of the GMO's are done to make the plants 'Round Up Ready' which means that they get flooded with pesticides ......., but also the excessive weed killers they sprayed on the plants. On some plants you can wash it off -- but (I think) not on those that have been waxed.
That is completely silly! Has nothing to do with actual food production... ANYWHERE. There are plenty of reasons to dislike Monsanto... but making up stuff isn't productive. The idea of flooding foods with pesticides... who do you know that would do such a thing... even if it made economic sense (which OF COURSE it doesn't).
That stuff is like the old McDonalds erythorbate hoax. Crazy stuff. Like people would feed other people worms for profit. A good
healthy suspicion is good. But when we let our imaginations wanderer to where we distrust our food supply.... well lets just say that's not good.
The only foods I am aware of off hand that receive "wax" are apples. And they receive a fine palm tree oil coating (wax). Natural... not a big deal.. replaces the apples natural oil washed off in processing.